Don Ketchum
Former Staff Writer, AZPreps365.com

Thanksgiving hoops tourneys continue on Friday, Saturday

November 24, 2011 by Don Ketchum, AZPreps365


Here are the remaining schedules for Thanksgiving holiday basketball tournaments:

BOYS

Paradise Valley Invitational

Friday

At Phoenix Paradise Valley High

Glendale Deer Valley vs. Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, 9 a.m.; Phoenix Paradise Valley vs. Phoenix North Canyon, 10:30 a.m.; Phoenix Sandra Day O’Connor vs. Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, noon; Glendale Apollo vs. Flagstaff Coconino, 1:30 p.m.; Scottsdale Desert Mountain vs. Phoenix Arcadia, 3 p.m.; Scottsdale Chaparral vs. Phoenix North Pointe Prep, 4:30 p.m.; Mesa Desert Ridge vs. Phoenix Barry Goldwater, 6 p.m.; Phoenix Pinnacle vs. Gilbert Perry, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday

At Phoenix Pinnacle High

A4 vs. B4, 10 a.m.; C4 vs. D4, 11:30 a.m.

At Paradise Valley High

A3 vs. B3, 10 a.m.; C3 vs. D3, 11:30 a.m.; A1 vs. B1 (semifinal), 1 p.m.; C1 vs. D1 (semifinal), 2:30 p.m.; A2 vs. B2, 4 p.m.; C2 vs. D2, 5:30 p.m.; A1-B1 winner vs. C-1-D1 winner for tourney championship, 7 p.m.

Pool A – Pinnacle, Perry, Apollo, Coconino. Pool B – Desert Mountain, Sandra Day O’Connor, Bradshaw Mountain, Arcadia. Pool C – Chaparral, Deer Valley, North Pointe Prep, Cactus Shadows. Pool D – North Canyon Desert Ridge, Barry Goldwater, Paradise Valley.

Arrowhead Desert Classic

At Glendale Ironwood High

Friday

Consolation game, 4 p.m., Third-place game, 5:30 p.m.; Tournament championship, 7 p.m.

Teams – Glendale Ironwood, Phoenix Moon Valley, Tempe, Prescott, Buckeye, Phoenix Brophy Prep, Phoenix Greenway, Tolleson, Phoenix Thunderbird, Phoenix Sierra Linda, Peoria Liberty, Avondale Westview, Peoria, Avondale La Joya, Phoenix Sunnyslope, Phoenix St. Mary’s.

GIRLS

Lady Jags Invitational

At Anthem Boulder Creek High

Friday

A4 vs. B4, 4 p.m.; A3 vs. B3, 5:30 p.m.; A2 vs. B2, 7 p.m.; A1 vs. B1 for tourney championship, 8:30 p.m.

Pool A – Phoenix Thunderbird, Phoenix Shadow Mountain, Phoenix Central, Anthem Boulder Creek. Pool B – Peoria Liberty, Phoenix Washington, Phoenix Arcadia, Scottsdale Desert Mountain.

Moon Valley Thanksgiving

At Phoenix Moon Valley High

Friday

Glendale Cactus vs. Buckeye Youngker, 9 a.m. (main gym); Avondale Agua Fria vs. Phoenix Westwind Prep, 10:30 a.m. (main); Tempe Prep vs. Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, 10:30 a.m. (auxiliary gym).

Bracket play – 2 games each at 2 p.m., 3:30, 5, 6:30.

Saturday

Bracket play – 2 games each at 9:30 a.m., 11, 12:30 p.m., 2.

Third-place game, 4 p.m. (main); Consolation championship, 5 p.m. (auxiliary); Tournament championship, 5:30 p.m. (main).

Teams – Phoenix Moon Valley, Tempe, Gilbert Williams Field, Phoenix North, Buckeye Youngker, Glendale Cactus, Avondale Agua Fria, Phoenix Westwind Prep, Tempe McClintock, Cave Creek Cactus Shadows, Tempe Prep, Glendale.

Scorpion Shootout

At Goodyear Desert Edge High

Friday

Buckeye Verrado vs. Phoenix South Mountain, 9 a.m. (auxiliary gym); Tempe Corona del Sol vs. Prescott Valley Bradshaw Mountain, 10:30 a.m. (auxiliary); Buckeye vs. Marana Mountain View, noon (auxiliary); Phoenix Maryvale vs. Phoenix Sunnyslope, 10:30 a.m. (main gym); Maricopa vs. Phoenix Camelback, noon (main); Prescott vs. Phoenix Trevor Browne, 1:30 p.m. (auxiliary).

Verrado-South Mountain winner vs. Goodyear Millennium, 1:30 p.m. (main); Maryvale-Sunnyslope winner vs. Goodyear Desert Edge, 3 p.m. (auxiliary); Corona del Sol-Bradshaw Mountain winner vs. Buckeye-Mountain View winner, 4:30 p.m. (main); Maricopa-Camelback winner vs. Prescott-Trevor Browne winner, 6 p.m. (main).

Saturday

Games at 10:30 a.m., noon, 1:30 p.m., 3, 6 (third place) and 7:30 (tournament championship).